You are bidding on onehandwritten, signed letter the art historian, writer and military officer George von Graevenitz (1858-1939).

addressed to his cousin, di Theodor von Graevenitz (1842-1930), Württemberg general of the infantry.

The recipient is not named; however, the letter comes from a collection of letters to them.

DatedFreibug i.Br., Gartenstrasse 28, 20. February 1913.

George von Graevenitz is listed in the Freiburg address book from 1913 as a retired captain and Dr. phil. recorded.

Scope:3 of 4 pages written (18.5 x 14.3 cm); without envelope.

Stationery with a beautifully embossed coat of arms of the von Graevenitz family.

Excerpts:"Some chapters of the 2. Kriegs' fell into the jaws of the hungry publishing house, a lecture and a larger, purely musical company with us of 30 people are behind me, and now on quieter days I find the time to reply to your dear letters [...]. [...] But with repeated reading, the feeling of Thanks more and more livelythat you went into my thoughts about Kurt-Fritz in such detail and lovingly, that you warmly appreciate my lively interest in him and his development, and especially that you both provide so much valuable material for his closer assessment and knowledge ."

Note: Mentioned are George von Graevenitz' work "History of the Italo-Turkish War" (published 1912-1914 in three volumes by Eisenschmidt in Berlin) and the recipient's son, the later diplomat Kurt-Fritz von Graevenitz (1898-1987).

George then asks if he can influence Kurt-Fritz "in the direction of art studies" and invites him to Freiburg for April or May; because in March "we want to spend time with friends and relatives, art and music in Berlin."

Signed"Your faithful cousin George."

About the author: George von Graevenitz (* 28. May 1858 in Danzig, died. 22. May 1939 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a son of the Reich Court Councilor and member of the Reichstag Hermann von Graevenitz (1815-1890). He wrote numerous historical works.

Condition: Letter folded, creased, with creases. BPlease note also the pictures at the end of the item description!

Internal note: Graevenitz, lilac folder

About the recipient Theodor von Graevenitz (source: various genealogical websites) and his son Kurt-Fritz von Graevenitz (source: wikipedia):

Theodor von Graevenitz was on the 6th February 1842 in Ulm as the son of the Württemberg lieutenant colonel Gustav von Graevenitz (1794-1873) and Karoline, b. von Martin (1808-1875) and died on 17. Aug 1930.

On the 27th. On September 18, 1877 he married Marie Baroness von Ow (* 14. January 1856 in Wachendorf; † 14 November 1887 in Locarno), daughter of Hans Karl Freiherr von Ow (1814-1882) and Bertha Freiin Gleichauf von Gleichenstein (1818-1861). Oskar von Graevenitz (* 10. December 1878 in Tubingen; died 1965) was a son from this marriage.

In his second marriage he married on 28. January 1895 in Munich, the half-sister of his deceased wife, namely Hermine Baroness von Ow (* 15. June 1867; died 1939 in Stuttgart), daughter of Anna von Ow, b. by Collas (* 20. August 1837 in Birnbaum, Posen, died. 26. October 1906 in Kreuth, Upper Bavaria). From this marriage emerged Hertha von Graevenitz (* 10. March 1896 in Stuttgart; died 1975), the diplomat Kurt-Fritz von Graevenitz (* 31. August 1898 in Kreuth; † 20 November 1987 in Munich), father of the diplomat Hanno von Graevenitz (1937-2007), as well as Lockpick Hans Karl Walter von Graevenitz (born 23. July 1907 in Kreuth near Tegernsee; fallen on the 4th September 1943 in Kerch / Kuban bridgehead, Crimea, as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Regiment 282), government councilor and deputy district administrator.

Kurt Fritz von Graevenitz (* 31. August 1898 in Kreuth; † 20 November 1987 in Munich) was a German diplomat.

Life: The son of the Württemberg General Theodor von Graevenitz attended the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, became a soldier in the summer of 1916 and was made a lieutenant in 1919. From 1919 to 1922 he studied law in Tübingen and Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1925.

In 1922 Graevenitz entered the service of the Foreign Office as an attaché and was deployed in Istanbul, Baghdad, Budapest, Rome and Tunis. From 1938 he was with the legation in Athens and after the Balkan campaign he returned there as legation counselor 1st class in the "office of the plenipotentiary of the Reich for Greece". on the 21st In October 1943 he took over the management of the office from Günther Altenburg and was promoted to Consul General. He reported to the "Special Representative of the Foreign Office for the Southeast" Hermann Neubacher, based in Belgrade, who was also the "Special Representative of the Reich for Economic and Financial Questions in Greece".

When the HSSPF Walter Schimana ordered the deportation of Jews from Athens, he protested because, in addition to stateless Jews and Greek Jews, Jews of other nationalities were also deported without first consulting him as the responsible representative of the Foreign Office, especially since there had been prior coordination between the Reich Security Main Office and Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop had been agreed: "In the night of 24. to the 25th On March 1, 1944, all Greek, stateless and foreign Jews were suspended by the BdS Walter Blume "without consulting my office". The HSSPF apologized to him for not having thought of that. "All Jews - with the exception of the Turkish Jews and those of the enemy state - were expelled on August 2. April ... transported away ... After all, goods wagons with benches were used ... I hope that without the energetic intervention of the department, the complaints from the foreign countries concerned will not occur". So Graevenitz was worried about the diplomatic protests from Spain, Hungary and Turkey. He reported on the expiatory measures to Neubacher on April 28. July 1944: “Reconciliation measures not necessary for a long time. Recently, as reported, reconciliation measures in Attica and Peloponnese. Observe the guidelines in this regard. Impact on the public not ascertainable. On the other hand, the reported destruction of the village of Distomon has had a poisoning effect.”.

After the end of the war von Graevenitz was interned for ten months and then tried to support his family as an editor. Nothing is known about his denazification. Günther Altenburg was also spared criminal prosecution. At the beginning of the 1960s, the Koblenz public prosecutor's office launched another investigation into involvement in the war crimes in Greece, but dropped it without finding anything.

on the 17th In July 1951 he was taken back to the Foreign Office and headed the diplomatic training center in Speyer for three years. From 1955 to 1959 he was Consul General in Istanbul, then in Zurich. From 1961 to 1963 he was Ambassador to Mexico, succeeding Richard Hertz. After his retirement, he was still a course leader at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy in Hamburg.

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The Tangier Question. : A history of international law. Study, Berlin: F. Dümmlers Verlh., 1925.